ICRC reports further Iranian-Iraqi transfers of war remains

A medical assistance and protection course opened in Tehran, where speakers discussed using Iran’s wartime treatment experience to improve responses to chemical incidents.

Iran, Iraq and the ICRC began a technical workgroup in Mazandaran to coordinate searches, recovery and identification linked to people missing from the war.

At the OPCW states conference, Reza Najafi renewed a request for help meeting Iranian chemical-war victims’ medical needs and attributed medication difficulties to sanctions.

Residents gathered in Kish for a Friday evening funeral honoring soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq War, according to Iran Press.

Tasnim reported nationwide funerals for 280 unidentified soldiers whose remains had been recovered after the war, continuing public ceremonies of remembrance.

Iraq’s defense ministry reported returning 118 Iranian soldiers’ remains through Shalamcheh and Zurbatiyah after searches in four Iraqi provinces.

An ICRC FAQ rejected rumors of a new Iran-Iraq POW repatriation and said both governments considered the POW file closed. That did not end searches for missing people.

Iran Press reported nationwide funerals for 300 unidentified Iran-Iraq War soldiers, including 100 in Tehran.